"It was shocking, frustrating," he said. "I wanted to play against the Heat that day, Sunday, and I thought I was playing. But maybe 30 minutes on the clock I did my ritual, my routine, I got in the shower and something was telling me this just didn't feel right."

Rondo was surprised because, when he tore the ACL on Jan. 25 against the Atlanta Hawks, there was no excruciating pain or telling pop.

“I thought I could play through it,” Rondo said.

The Celtics point guard went to the hospital that night and heard on the radio that he could have torn the ACL in his right knee.

"I was like, 'We just got the results, there's no way possible,'" he said.

The news was confirmed when Rondo returned to TD Garden, and he underwent surgery a couple weeks later on Feb. 12. Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery that he has followed with an “intense” rehab regimen.

"When I got out of surgery, for 3-4 weeks nobody said anything about when I'll be back, or when I'll be able to play, they just wanted me to take it one week at a time and just see how I progress from there," he told Storm. "Everybody's body is different. Everybody plays the game differently. An injury like this varies."

When Storm asked Rondo if there was anything he feared, he responded, “Doing it again. But other than that, no.”